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Why is this bad? They're in a similar pose which clearly means he was inspired by the Jim Lee cover, but it's clearly all Fabok art. Different builds, different musculature. This is far from a lightbox.

One of the reasons swiping has such a bad reputation is that the extraordinarily lazy artists who get caught are always referencing a cover image, often one reproduced in a variety of ways (such as merchandising) for maximum visibility/obviousness. When it's the same pose from the same angle, and here even the same character, you're talking the creative equivalent of petty theft.

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